Combination ashtray and extinguisher



Deb. 8, 1964 M. NUNEZ 3,160,162

COMBINATION ASHTRAY AND EXTINGUISHER Filed April 10. 1963 INVENTORMarguerite Nunez United States Patent 3,16%,162 CGIAEHJATESN ASHTIRAYAND EXTINGUISHER Marguerite Nunez, 194 Waterman Sn, Providence 6, RI.Filed Apr. 10, 1963, Ser. No. 272,021 1 (Jlaim. (Q5. 131-236) Thisinvention relates to home furnishings and, more particularly, to a pieceof home furnishings that falls within the category of useful andeye-pleasing novelties.

It is the prime object of this invention to provide a combinationashtray having cavities in which water may be placed for extinguishingthe fire in the end of a cigarette and/or cigar, thereby making itimpossible for the cigarette or cigar to accidentally start a fire byfalling out of the ashtray.

Another object of this invention is to provide a combination ashtraythat is especially desirable for use as an ashtray in offices orhospitals where there is considerable danger from fire accidentallystarted by a cigarette left in a receptacle not having the watercavities found in this invention.

Still another object of this invention is to provide a combinationashtray having interlocking parts that do not require the use of anytools for its assembly or disassembly.

Other and further objects and advantages of this combination ashtra,will be hereinafter described, and the novel features thereof defined inthe appended claim.

Referring to the drawing:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of this invention in use as an ashtray,including a cigar and cigarette shown in phantom lines.

FIGURE 2 is a fragmentary sectional view of this invention taken alongline 22 of FIGURE 1 as viewed in the direction indicated by the arrows.

FIGURE 3 is a top view of FIGURE 2 in its entirety, which view is alsofragmentary.

FIGURE 4 is a perspective view of the candelabra portion of thisinvention removed from the dish and ready for use as a separate article.

FIGURE 5 is a perspective view of the ashtray per se.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views of the drawing.

Having reference now to the drawing in detail, there is generallyindicated by the character 8 a bon bon dish that is preferably circularas viewed from the top and having an outwardly rolled and scalloped edge9 of any desired design. The dish is reinforced by a plurality of ribs10, which extend radially from the center of the aforesaid dish withwhich they are integral. The inside wall 11 of the dish is provided witha pair of diametrically spaced horizontal projections 12 having roundededges 13. The projections protrude inwardly from the inside wall 11 ofthe bon bon dish. A convex bridge 14 having a plurality of equallyspaced concave recesses 15 in the upper edge thereof provides verticalsupport for a cone-shaped cup 16 on each end thereof. The wall 17 ofeach cup is provided with an external concave recess 18 in the lowerouter portion thereof for the reception of the transversely rounded edge13 of the projection 12.

. This construction is best shown in FIGURE 2 of the appended drawing.

Three of the ways in which this invention can be used are illustrated inFIGURES l, 4, and 5 of the appended drawing, where it can be seen fromlooking at FIGURE 1 that the bon bon dish 8 has the candelabra portion,

3,169,162 Patented Dec. 8, 1964 ice which is indicated in its entiretyby the reference number 19 on the drawing, placed in the hon bon dish towhich it is secured by having the rounded edge 13 of each projection 12fitted into the external concave recess 18 of each one of thecone-shaped cups 16, which are now filled with water (FIGURE 2), inwhich the lighted end of either cigarettes or cigars are dipped beforeplacing the cigarettes or cigars horizontally in any one of the concaverecesses 15 in the convex bridge 14, which now places the cigarettes orcigars over or near the center of the dish, in which any ashes may dropwith complete safety, since they have already had the flame extinguishedfrom the same by the water. If one desires, he may leave the water outof the cone-shaped cups 16 and place the lower end of a candle 20 ineach one, thereby having a combined candelabra and ashtray. If thecandelabra portion 19 of this invention is removed from the hon bon dish8, both the dish and the candelabra portion may be used separately asillustrated by the aforesaid FIGURES 4 and 5.

There is in actual practice other uses to which this novel invention maybe placed.

I have now described the construction of my invention, which may, ofcourse, be made from any desirable fire and water-proof material such asporcelain, glass, stainless steel, or aluminum. The invention may becolored to suit ones artistic taste.

What I now claim as my invention is:

A device of the type described, comprising two spaced cups having flatbottoms and upwardly diverging sides and which are circular when viewedfrom the top, an arched bridge connecting the sides of said cups, thebridge having a plurality of spaced, concave recesses which are adaptedto receive cigars and/or cigarettes, a receptacle which is circular whenviewed from the top, the sides of the receptacle upwardly diverging atthe same angle as the sides of the cups, the cups and bridge extendingacross the receptacle with the walls of the cups engaging the wall ofthe receptacle, diametrically spaced horizontal ribs extending inwardlyfrom the walls of the receptacle and the cups having concave recesses inthe sides thereof to receive the ribs, whereby the cups and bridge canbe placed within the receptacle and rotated to bring the ribs into therecesses to lock the receptacle, cups and bridge together.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS D. 104,156 4/37Blanchard.

D. 115,349 6/39 Montgomery.

D. 116,242 8/39 Rithner.

D. 183,251 7/58 Evans.

1,968,118 7/ 34 Ausbrooks 131236 2,073,498 3/37 Seez 131240 2,172,1619/39 DuPrey 131240 2,352,756 7/ 44 Anholt 131240 X 2,650,595 9/53Harkins 131 257 X 2,974,821 3/61 Lamont 131235 X 2,991,789 7/61 Smith eta1 131257 FOREIGN PATENTS 971,472 7/50 France.

ABRAHAM G. STONE, Primary Examiner.

JOSEPH S. REICH, Examiner.

